Build a solid bullpen and be prepared to pick the starters up afte 4+ innings if need be......... Looks like Hanrahan is coming and it wasn't IGGY in return...... IGGY will make all the pitchers look good !!! Thanks Dan, your a good baseball man !!

Build a solid bullpen and be prepared to pick the starters up afte 4+ innings if need be......... Looks like Hanrahan is coming and it wasn't IGGY in return...... IGGY will make all the pitchers look good !!! Thanks Dan, your a good baseball man !!

You drunk as well?

Why are you on this board ??? Im sure there are a lot of people out there that agree with my post......... Like the "BIG O", Rhame Emanuel, Jay Carney, when you don't agree you throw all that LIB/LEFT/SOC/RAD/MOONBAT/MUD around to see what sticks..... Just plain rude..... However, I will give you a pass as afterall it is Christmas and the best part of your baseball was the ice cream on the way home from another great night at T-BALL !!!!

Where the hell did he even mention politics Bill? It seems to me that whenever someone mentions politics around here it's usually you or your good buddy softlaw who are bringing it up. Someday you'll have to admit to yourself that all your problems aren't the result of anyone who is even slightly to the left of Joe McCarthy.

Build a solid bullpen and be prepared to pick the starters up afte 4+ innings if need be......... Looks like Hanrahan is coming and it wasn't IGGY in return...... IGGY will make all the pitchers look good !!! Thanks Dan, your a good baseball man !!

You drunk as well?

Why are you on this board ??? Im sure there are a lot of people out there that agree with my post......... Like the "BIG O", Rhame Emanuel, Jay Carney, when you don't agree you throw all that LIB/LEFT/SOC/RAD/MOONBAT/MUD around to see what sticks..... Just plain rude..... However, I will give you a pass as afterall it is Christmas and the best part of your baseball was the ice cream on the way home from another great night at T-BALL !!!!

Where the hell did he even mention politics Bill? It seems to me that whenever someone mentions politics around here it's usually you or your good buddy softlaw who are bringing it up. Someday you'll have to admit to yourself that all your problems aren't the result of anyone who is even slightly to the left of Joe McCarthy.

One of the best managers the Sox ever had !!! Besides Dick Williams.....

Build a solid bullpen and be prepared to pick the starters up afte 4+ innings if need be......... Looks like Hanrahan is coming and it wasn't IGGY in return...... IGGY will make all the pitchers look good !!! Thanks Dan, your a good baseball man !!

Good observation, Bill. Duquette actually hired and mentored Ben. Personally, I think the Red Sox should fire Luchino, and make Dan (a local guy) an offer he cant refuse. Remember: we fired Dan because he wanted nothing to do with Roger Clemens. Maybe its time to accept the fact that he was right all along and bring him home. Considering he's from MA, hired Ben, this is where he should be!!

Build a solid bullpen and be prepared to pick the starters up afte 4+ innings if need be......... Looks like Hanrahan is coming and it wasn't IGGY in return...... IGGY will make all the pitchers look good !!! Thanks Dan, your a good baseball man !!

Good observation, Bill. Duquette actually hired and mentored Ben. Personally, I think the Red Sox should fire Luchino, and make Dan (a local guy) an offer he cant refuse. Remember: we fired Dan because he wanted nothing to do with Roger Clemens. Maybe its time to accept the fact that he was right all along and bring him home. Considering he's from MA, hired Ben, this is where he should be!!

This is my true they fired him because he was impossible to work with and fired Jimy Williams for no good reason which caused the team to do a massive tail dive. Pedro and Manny both left the team a week earlier. On top of that didnt want to spend money on the draft or on scouts. No new ownership would want that hanging around them. Why do you think some one with a decent track recon with two teams was forced to wait 10 years until he got a job.

Build a solid bullpen and be prepared to pick the starters up afte 4+ innings if need be......... Looks like Hanrahan is coming and it wasn't IGGY in return...... IGGY will make all the pitchers look good !!! Thanks Dan, your a good baseball man !!

Good observation, Bill. Duquette actually hired and mentored Ben. Personally, I think the Red Sox should fire Luchino, and make Dan (a local guy) an offer he cant refuse. Remember: we fired Dan because he wanted nothing to do with Roger Clemens. Maybe its time to accept the fact that he was right all along and bring him home. Considering he's from MA, hired Ben, this is where he should be!!

Thanks Drew...... Your a good baseball man and have a great grasp on our beloved Red Sox....

Build a solid bullpen and be prepared to pick the starters up afte 4+ innings if need be......... Looks like Hanrahan is coming and it wasn't IGGY in return...... IGGY will make all the pitchers look good !!! Thanks Dan, your a good baseball man !!

PITCHING, PITCHING, PITCHING......... A DEEP PEN CAN MAKE UP FOR AVERAGE STARTING PITCHERS !!!

No, not really.

I think this season's rotation might be a little too dependant on kids like De La Rosa and Webster.

How? Morales, Tazawa, and Mortensen are ahead of them for the #6, #7 and #8 in the rotation.

From where I come from in the Baseball World, when you finish where/how the Sox did the last 2 years, then no one is ahead of anybody !!!!! Spring training will be wide open excpt for the free agents who we just over spent for !!!

Build a solid bullpen and be prepared to pick the starters up afte 4+ innings if need be......... Looks like Hanrahan is coming and it wasn't IGGY in return...... IGGY will make all the pitchers look good !!! Thanks Dan, your a good baseball man !!

How is it "ironic"?

Maybe , because how Dan came back from the dead after 10 years away and helped put the "Small O's" into a better place..... Without spending all the big $$$$$$ that the "BIG O" WOULD SPEND !!!! Now, go back to sleep and hope that Santa brings you a book about Baseball managers & G M's ...... The great ones !!!

Build a solid bullpen and be prepared to pick the starters up afte 4+ innings if need be......... Looks like Hanrahan is coming and it wasn't IGGY in return...... IGGY will make all the pitchers look good !!! Thanks Dan, your a good baseball man !!

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How is it "ironic"?

[/QUOTE]Maybe , because how Dan came back from the dead after 10 years away and helped put the "Small O's" into a better place..... Without spending all the big $$$$$$ that the "BIG O" WOULD SPEND !!!! Now, go back to sleep and hope that Santa brings you a book about Baseball managers & G M's ...... The great ones !!!

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i·ron·ic /īˈränik/
Adjective

Using or characterized by irony.

Happening in the opposite way to what is expected, thus typically causing wry amusement.

Build a solid bullpen and be prepared to pick the starters up afte 4+ innings if need be......... Looks like Hanrahan is coming and it wasn't IGGY in return...... IGGY will make all the pitchers look good !!! Thanks Dan, your a good baseball man !!

How is it "ironic"?

Maybe , because how Dan came back from the dead after 10 years away and helped put the "Small O's" into a better place..... Without spending all the big $$$$$$ that the "BIG O" WOULD SPEND !!!! Now, go back to sleep and hope that Santa brings you a book about Baseball managers & G M's ...... The great ones !!!

i·ron·ic /Ä«Ëränik/Adjective

Using or characterized by irony.

Happening in the opposite way to what is expected, thus typically causing wry amusement.

[/QUOTE]Maybe , because how Dan came back from the dead after 10 years away and helped put the "Small O's" into a better place..... Without spending all the big $$$$$$ that the "BIG O" WOULD SPEND !!!! Now, go back to sleep and hope that Santa brings you a book about Baseball managers & G M's ...... The great ones !!!

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i·ron·ic /Ä«ËÂränik/Adjective

Using or characterized by irony.

Happening in the opposite way to what is expected, thus typically causing wry amusement.

[/QUOTE] Well, maybe so.... However I was not amused by the last 2 years !!!

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No Sox fan could be happy with September 2011....but that has very little/nothing to do with Ben.

No Sox fan could be happy with 2012....but that has little to do with Ben in truth. He was hamstrung with a budget ceiling in the winter of 2011 so was restricted to small moves - many of which were good, if small. The next big move was the Dodgers dump....a great move and you can make up your own mind as to the driver of it.

It's only from 2013 that Ben should take the acclaim/blame for the Sox MLB roster.

Maybe , because how Dan came back from the dead after 10 years away and helped put the "Small O's" into a better place..... Without spending all the big $$$$$$ that the "BIG O" WOULD SPEND !!!! Now, go back to sleep and hope that Santa brings you a book about Baseball managers & G M's ...... The great ones !!!

i·ron·ic /Ä«ËÂÂränik/Adjective

Using or characterized by irony.

Happening in the opposite way to what is expected, thus typically causing wry amusement.

Well, maybe so.... However I was not amused by the last 2 years !!!

No Sox fan could be happy with September 2011....but that has very little/nothing to do with Ben.

No Sox fan could be happy with 2012....but that has little to do with Ben in truth. He was hamstrung with a budget ceiling in the winter of 2011 so was restricted to small moves - many of which were good, if small. The next big move was the Dodgers dump....a great move and you can make up your own mind as to the driver of it.

It's only from 2013 that Ben should take the acclaim/blame for the Sox MLB roster.

And I have no problem with Ben......... Just glad to see that after 10 years, Duquette got another chance to show that he wasn't as bad as John Henry & Lucciannos made him out to be !!!

Happening in the opposite way to what is expected, thus typically causing wry amusement.

[/QUOTE] Well, maybe so.... However I was not amused by the last 2 years !!!

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No Sox fan could be happy with September 2011....but that has very little/nothing to do with Ben.

No Sox fan could be happy with 2012....but that has little to do with Ben in truth. He was hamstrung with a budget ceiling in the winter of 2011 so was restricted to small moves - many of which were good, if small. The next big move was the Dodgers dump....a great move and you can make up your own mind as to the driver of it.

It's only from 2013 that Ben should take the acclaim/blame for the Sox MLB roster.

[/QUOTE] And I have no problem with Ben......... Just glad to see that after 10 years, Duquette got another chance to show that he wasn't as bad as John Henry & Lucciannos made him out to be !!!

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I wasn't too sorry to see the Duke go, but thought at the time it was a little bit harsh. I thought he was great at the big moves, great at finding value....but was a poor communicator up, down, across and to the fans and media and that simply will not work in the modern world.

Build a solid bullpen and be prepared to pick the starters up afte 4+ innings if need be......... Looks like Hanrahan is coming and it wasn't IGGY in return...... IGGY will make all the pitchers look good !!! Thanks Dan, your a good baseball man !!

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How is it "ironic"?

[/QUOTE]Maybe , because how Dan came back from the dead after 10 years away and helped put the "Small O's" into a better place..... Without spending all the big $$$$$$ that the "BIG O" WOULD SPEND !!!! Now, go back to sleep and hope that Santa brings you a book about Baseball managers & G M's ...... The great ones !!!

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how ironic that someone who is a BIG ZERO would call the president the BIG O.

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....forget that, ask gooberill-806 whose hand was invisible, who developed that theory, and how it shaped gooberill-806's ideas.